Bakersfield PD remembers officer killed in motor crash 74 years ago

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Bakersfield Police Department is remembering an officer who died in the line of duty 74 years ago Monday. Officer William Lord Rucker died on July 20, 1952, while on the job. Rucker was fatally injured when his police motorcycle collided in a near head-on accident with another vehicle, after the [...]